Joanna prior, bbc news. Now its time for a look at the weather with susan powell. Hello. Things are looking distinctly stormy along the south coast at the moment. Choppy waters here at christchurch in dorset. Those powerful showers pushing their way along. Showers have been pushing these are the bright, white areas you see on the satellite here, this is the main rain band thats now swinging away to the east. Still some more persistent rain to come in the next few hours further north and Northern England and scotland, but the showers to the south, i think, pack all the power. The gustiest of the winds here, a risk of some coastal flooding. There goes the tail end of the rain band out into the north sea into the early hours, but showers do follow on for scotland and Northern England. Its a mild enough night, with the breeze, lows of 6 to 9 degrees, and then, for monday, a little bit of a breather, a brief ridge of High Pressure will ease back the winds. Still quite a breezy day, biggest
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Is nws ale, but here the league is fantastic, but we need to make sure that players are forming and the lea k that players are forming and the leak players are transitioning into the National Team because i think it is suffering at the moment. Now as the coronoavirus continues to have an affect on sport, the Football League have today announced theyre following the lead of the premier league in that they re dropping handshakes at the start of games. At the she believes cup the pre match handshakes last night were already a little bit different as the usa and england performed elbow touching, giving us an insight into what could become commonplace in sport with the global spread of the virus. Well, irelands 6 nations game against italy has ofcourse been postponed due to the coronavirus but the other two games go ahead and worcester warriors fly half duncan weir could win his first cap under scotland coach Gregor Townsend for sundays game against france. Weir has been named on the bench
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To their Third Straight defeat. Hello there. Good morning. After the overnight rain we have got a mixture of sunshine and blustery showers today, but more wet and windy weather to come early next week. Join me laterfor all the details. Good morning. It isjust after six oclock on sunday, eighth march. Our top Story Emergency laws which would help to recruit millions of healthcare volunteers are being drawn up by the government, as ministers prepare for a likely coronavirus outbreak here. The bill, expected to go through parliament by the end of the month, would make it easier for potential volunteers to take time off work. Our Political Correspondent, chris mason, has the details. Down the decades, people have been volunteering for the st john ambulance. The organisation has a history going back over 140 years. The government wants to make it easierfor the government wants to make it easier for those who volunteer now to do so for longer if, as expected, the coronavirus outbreaks gets w